[Philmont] Food Enhancement

I am a chile-head. Since Philmont is no longer a part of the great state to the east, I like to have things with a New Mexican flavor up there. Heck, who am I kidding, I like New Mexican cooking anywhere, on or off the ranch. To that end, I brought along a half gallon of Sadie's Salsa (from Albuquerque) for the trek. Half of it departed with our ranger to tide him over for the rest of the summer. The other half was split between a couple of the dinners, with different participants taking different quantities to meet their heat requirements. I also brought some habanero jerky that we split among the crew on top of Baldy and the Tooth. For more general foodies, my recommendation would be to bring small containers of your 4-5 most favorite spices. You still will not be able to make everything taste good, but with the right mix you can help a good number of the meals. With the concern over weight that most people have, there is not a whole lot of other choices that I am aware of other than spices that are small and lightweight to carry and are able to be used with multiple meals. The specific choices are really indicative of who you are. My favorites are garlic, salt, black pepper, chile powder, oregano and thyme. Jack ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Zeszutek <jwzeszutek@zeszutek.com> To: Philmont List Member <Philmont@troop47.com> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:57:13 AM Subject: [Philmont] Tricks of the trade on food enhancement? Now a new topic. Philmont food is Philmont food. Youth of today sometimes don’t like stroganoff slopped into a Frisbee. This is reality, so no whining about it. At BWCA we have tricks like bringing oranges on the trip. Halfway through the trip we open them up, the youth enjoy the pulp and then we cook muffins in the orange peels. Venison jerky is a Wisconsin favorite. Something to break up the monotony. Another trick is to bring some pepper or other spice to spice up the stew or spaghetti. But that trick only is appealing to us chili heads. Recognizing that Philmont provides the trail food. Any tricks of the trade on food recommended? Forgive me if this was discussed last year, I am a newbie to this list! Peace and Happy Holidays! YISS, Jim Zeszutek Aka Newbie phil list Z Man From: Philmont@troop47.com [mailto:Philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of SGWOffice@aol.com Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:07 AM To: Philmont List Member Subject: [Philmont] List Bullies .... Getting Ready for the 2008 "new people" Kevin, Thanks for taking the time to respond. I agree with your point of view. I'm new to this list but, like you, been more than a little surprised by some of the entries in light of the scouting basis for the conversation. Steve Wagner In a message dated 12/21/2007 10:02:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, kevinaldrich@insightbb.com writes: Typically I ignore inflammatory email but since I've been misrepresented I'm responding. Guess who asked the "dig-bat" question. Me. I'm disappointed with Dr. Bob's response encouraging that false information and nasty methods be used on the Philmont list as a way to have good discussions.. But as the moderator and a recognized authority on Philmont Dr. Bob has that privilege. Here are my concerns. One, is a person who presents themselves as an expert and then provides inaccurate information and does so in a mean manner. I thought a Scout was a friend to all. The result is that the person looses credibility with me and I don't trust the information they provide because I don't trust their intent. What was inaccurate? First, if you go to the canoe list you will find that Mr. LeBlanc was not removed by the moderator. But on this list he claims he was removed from the canoe list. Second, the information that Mr. LeBlanc represents in his note below concerning my posting and question is inaccurate. My question to the canoe list was about how to turn the trek planning, as much as possible, over to Scouts who are going on 13 and are not yet 16 or 17 years old. Instead of responding to the question Mr. LeBlanc attacked me because in his opinion 12 & 13 year old Scouts should only do weekend campouts. I have received 7 emails privately with encouragement and great suggestions and guidance, but these Scouters choose not to respond to the list because of the vehemence from Mr. LeBlanc. Several other Scouts responded positively on the list. Another concern is why have a moderated list if the moderator doesn't moderate. Expressions such as Mr. LeBlanc's, " . . . dig-bat inquiry . . . " and, ". . . sanctimonious self appointed God . . . " are not only hurtful and inflammatory but contrary to our Scout Law because they are unhelpful, unfriendly, and unkind. I belong to both the Philmont list and the Canoe list and will continue to do so because after I weed through the nasty responses from the self-appointed experts there are usually a few good pieces of good information that make it worth my while. And now and then I get a good laugh. Trying not to take myself too seriously, I am Kevin Aldrich, only a Dig-Bat John LeBlanc wrote: > In short, learn to walk before trying to run. > > - Dr. Bob > > ********************************************************** > > Te gist of my post was "just do it". Today we tend to research and > Google an idea to death rather than taking a few precautions adn getting > on with the program. > > Dr. Bob, reply above really hit a ringer with me. > > UNtil a few days ago I was on the canoe list. Because of a post the > moderator did not like I was banned from the list. Their loss, my > gain. Their loss in that I possess over 60 years canoeing experinece, > 55 of the with Scouting. My gain in that I do not have to waste my time > posting the obvious on that list anymore. > > My reply was in answer to a ding-bat inquiry that went something like > this "we have a new troop of 11 and 12 year olds and want to emphasize > high adventure, werhe do we go? Philmont? Boundary Waters? Do we use > Northern Tier or an outfitter? > > Because my post subject line was "you gotta crawl then walk then run" > and the body expanded on that, I really enjoyed Dr. Bob's version of the > exact same thing I recommended on canoe list. > > The shame of it was I hit a nerve of a sanctimonious self appointed God > I mean moderator adn he permanently banned me from the list. I might > add that he did not have the courtesy to even state his/her name but > chose to hide behind his mothers apron stringe. > > OK, enough of my criticisms. > > I'm just glad that the philmont list tolerates straight forward adn to > the point replys. > > Political correctness isn't even politcally correct for pliticians and > it darned sure isn't apropriate for Scouting. After all a part of the > Scout law is honesty and political correctness is a downright lie. > > OK, enough John! 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